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VICTOR STEVEN SCHLICHTING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1940 – February 21, 1969
Service recordVictor Steven Schlichting, of Mikado, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 73
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 2, 1940
- Home of record
- Mikado, Michigan (Alcona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32W, Line 73
- CLARENCE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- RICHARD JOHN ROCHACZSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · February 21, 1969
- WILLIAM BLAKE SCOTTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
From Mikado
- WILLIAM HARRY TRAVISCorporal · May 12, 1967
- DENNIS LAVERN WASZKIEWICZStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.